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Upson County Upsets Devils ;
Jackson Record Now at 4-6
By Terry Kitchens
The Red Devils ended the
1974 football season Saturday
night in Thomaston, with a
33-20 loss to Upson County.
The Devils’ season ended
with four wins and six losses,
which was better than last
year’s record but not as good
as we wanted this year. In
what started out to be a good
season with an impressive
win over Stockbridge, it
looked as if the Devils had a
chance to go 7-3. But then
came Mary Persons, a game
we should have '.von. We just
made too many mistakes.
You can’t do that against a
Dan Pitts-coached football
team and expect to win.
Then came the Monticello
game. Monticello was a team
they said couldn’t beat us;
we would have to beat
ourselves. The score was
Monticello 14, Jackson 12.
Figure that out for yourself.
The win against Manches
ter really helped us. It was a
sub-region win, and those are
the kind you’re supposed to
win.
The Morgan County game
was probably the best game
we played all year. We had
some good opportunities to
win, but seven fumbles took
care of that.
With the season half over,
our record was 2-3 with
Carrollton ahead of us. With
a record like this one, you
don’t look forward to playing
the Trojans. We played as
well as we could in a 35-16
loss to a team that I picked to
win the State title.
The Red Devils looked
good in the Homecoming win
against Lamar County. We
got an early lead, and Coach
Wade cleared the bencn.
Almost everybody got to play
in the game, and it helped our
morale with the Harris
County game next week.
This was the best Harris
County football team I’ve
ever seen. We had to play a
good game to win, and we
did. With a 4-4 record and
Henry County and Upson
County to play, we thought
we could end with a 6-4
record.
We had some key players
hurt, and when our quarter
back and halfback got
suspended, that took what
little offensive punch we had.
The loss to Henry County was
disappointing, especially af
ter we blew a 14-0 halftime
lead. This was the third time
in the history of the two
schools that Henry County
has beaten Jackson. All three
times it happened in McDo
nough.
The loss to Upson County
just added another chapter to
the long sad story of the 1974
season. Upson beat us as bad
as they could, but not as bad
as they wanted to. Coach
Coach Wade’s Critique
Saturday night was the end of a
disappointing season. We were in position to have a
winning year, but mistakes and. injuries began to
take over.
Approaching the last game, we had lost
eight starters and seven of them played both ways.
It seems that as we approach the middle of
the season, we begin to lose players due to injury.
Even though the wins do not show it, we
broke many of the records this year.
As the game continued Saturday night, we
lost the service of Jerry White, Jim Clemmons, and
Aubrey Burford. Aubrey had a hairline fracture,
and we were relieved that it was not serious.
I would like to thank all the people who
helped us throughout the season.
One thing the Red Devils can look forward
to for fiext year is playing in the new stadium. From
plans and work already completed, it will be one of
the finest stadiums in the area. A lot of people have
helped us with this, and we certainly appreciate
this. We need facilities that we can be proud of
playing in.
A few years ago, Joe Brown and a few
people undertook the job of getting Wallace Field,
and that just shows what a few dedicated and
interested people can do. We hope to add the
stadium facility to Jackson, thus making two fine
areas for our youth and people of Butts County to
utilize.
If we had more people like Joe and this
group interested in American youth, we could have
even more facilities.
We are all looking forward to the day when
we open up the facility of the Recreation
Department.
Wade played everybody on
the team, while Upson still
had their first team in the
game. Let’s remember that
next year.
I’m sure as everyone left
Thomaston for the long ride
back home there were a good
many comments and varied
opinions about the football
season. I know I had a few,
and seeing that I have a
chance to express them
publicly, here goes.
The coaching staff at JHS
did as good a job as expected
with the material they had to
work with. There were a few
people who came through
that we didn’t expect to do so.
But, there were some from
whom we expected a lot that
didn’t come through.
The main thing wrong with
Jackson High School is, we
have an attitude problem.
This has to be corrected. To
correct it, we’ve got to start
with the Board of Education.
They’ve got to back up the
activities in the schools 100
percent. I’m not talking
about just football, I’m
talking about all sports. The
band program is one; every
school benefits from a good
music program. We build
pride by getting the students
to participate. If we get them
involved in the activities,
they feel like they’re part of
the school, and then they
start to care about what’s
happening.
We have got to get
ourselves better organized,
from the Booster Club, of
which I happen to be
president, to the school
system, the coaching staff
and the community.
We can build a tradition at
Jackson High School of which
all of us can be proud. It will
take a lot of words, but we
can do it.
Many will probably disa
gree with what I’ve said. But,
everyone to their own
opinion. Anyway, I hate to
see the season come to an
end, knowing I have to sit at
home with the wife on Friday
night.
I would like to thank Frank
Hearn for the fine job he did
in covering the Red Devils
this season. I substituted for
him this week so he could
attend the Georgia-Florida
game. I had to admit being a
Bulldog fan and a cat lover so
I could get the article in the
paper. So, this is it with the
1974 season.
In good' sportsmanship.
In England, the left eye of
the hedgehog fried in oil was
a remedy for insomnia in the
17th century.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Basketball
Sign Up
Time Here
The Jackson-Butts County
Recreation Commission will
begin basketball sign-ups
Monday, November 18th, for
boys and girls ages eight
years through 13 years.
Boys and girls must be
eight years old on or before
November 30th and not 14
years old on or before
November 30th.
There will be two leagues
this year. A Tom Thumb
League will serve boys and
girls eight years through 10
years, and the Junior League
will be for boys and girls 11-
years through 13 years. Each
boy and girl must have a
birth certificate and be
accompanied by a parent. No
one will be allowed to sign up
otherwise. There will be a
$5.00 sign-up fee for each
participant, and if there is a
second child in the family, it
will be $3.00 for each
additional brother or sister.
Boys and girls may
register at the Van Deventer
Center, the Pepper ton Center
located in the old Pepperton
Baptist Church, and the
Henderson Center. You may
sign up at all three locations
from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday. We
would like 16 teams this year,
eight boy and girl teams in
each league. We will need at
least 208 boys and girls to
have a successful program
as we did in football.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Laura Wright and
Mrs. Geraldine Wright spent
Friday afternoon in Cham
blee visiting Mrs. Mary
Wright who had undergone
surgery at Shallowford Hos
pital. On their way home,
they stopped in Doraville and
visited Mrs. Geraldine
Wright’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Presley.
Mr. and Mrs. David
Hodges of Smyrna and Mrs.
Ed Smalley spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Whiten.
Mrs. Pearl Spruell and
Mrs. Henry Bursh of Toccoa,
spent the Ist and 2nd of
November with Mr. and Mrs.
C. T. Whiten.
MEET THE RED DEVILS
JERRY WHITE
Six feet, weighing 185
lbs. and the son of Mrs.
Bertha White, Jerry is a
junior and could be one
of the finest defensive
tacklers to come out of
Jackson in many years.
Jerry played offensive
center until he injured
his hand, and then he
had to be moved to
defense because he
could not snap the ball.
Jerry probably had his
finest game against
Harris County as he
made eight individual
tackles. He has a very
good attitude, and with
hard work, he could be
an all-state candidate
next year.
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PHONE 775-7424 JACKSON, GA.
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This college football season
has been sort of like popcorn
cooking in an uncovered
pan —some teams at the
top have popped out, while
those on the bottom forced
them to do so.
Ohio State’s loss to
Michigan State was the big
news nationwide. Maybe the
deserving team will be in the
Rose Bowl this year! Many
people have criticized the
Rose Bowl method of
choosing teams, but you have
to admit that it’s a better way
than the gun jumping antics
of other Bowl invitations.
This past weekend was a
prime example with several
bowl-invitees going down in
defeat, Vanderbilt and Flori
da being good examples.
An inspired and hopefully
bowl-bound Kentucky team
dumped the Commodores
quite soundly, while a
Georgia varsity previously
criticized for its lack of
defense, proved they had a
good one when it counted,
defeating 7th ranked Florida
17-16. (By the way, I won my
bet and am thoroughly
enjoying a week’s freedom
from dish-washing.)
This Saturday, November
16th, finds Alabama at
Miami, Florida at Kentucky,
Ole Miss at Tennessee,
Maryland at Duke, Virginia
at Clemson, Georgia at
Auburn and Navy at Georgia
Tech.
Alabama should beat Mi
ami, as Florida should
regroup to edge Kentucky.
Ole Miss and Tennessee will
fight to a hard-contested
Volunteer win, while Mary
land tramples Duke. Tech
should beat Navy in Atlanta,
though the game could easily
go either way and surprising
Clemson will best Virginia.
Georgia has the dubious
pleasure of visiting Tiger and
War Eagle town in Auburn,
Alabama. Due to my Georgia
upbringing and devout Bull
dog faith, I have composed
the following epic poem,
which I firmly hope and
hopefully pray will be
accurate:
The cost of Sugar was just too
high on Saturday, November
9
SCOTT MOORE
A six foot, 170 lb.
junior, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank P. Moore,
Scott plays defensive
and offensive back and
also punts for the Red
Devils. Scott was the
real sleeper for the Red
Devils. He came out late
for the ball club and
immediately stepped in
to take the punting
chores. Scott is a fine
all-round athlete and
showed little experi
ence. However, he did
quite well. It’s difficult
to punt for the first take
when you have people
breathing down your
neck. He handled it well,
and as a result he only
had eight yards re
turned against him in 27
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1974
When Georgia visited Gator
land with new-found defen
sive mind.
They taught the Gators with
zeal and zest
That Sanford’s Sons were
still the best.
And when that long last
whistle buzzed true
That poor green gator was
black and blue.
The scene is set, the day will
come
November six and ten.
The Dogs from Georgia will
travel o’er
To meet their feathered
“friend”.
They’ll arrive with Glenn and
Matt, and Horace “Streaker
King.
And when the birds are all
defeathered, how Georgia’s
chimes will ring.
They’ll cut the Eagles for
Sunday dinner and serve ’em
like they should.
And when they’re finished
with the job
It’ll be finger lickin’ good.
Shug will become Sucaryl
and Cliff Hare will have its
fill.
Their honored defense will
turn to Bear
To try and borrow players
there.
And should we lose, which I
highly doubt
I’ll even give a War Eagle
shout.
But when we win, remember
now
Where you heard it first and
how!
Tigers One
Point Pick
Over Georgia
We were about to say that
the exhibition season had
almost come to an end for
Big Ten powers Michigan
and Ohio State ....
and that their one-game
regular season was just
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CHARLIE STEWART
A five ten, 165 lb.
freshman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest L.
Stewart, Charlie plays
fullback and linebacker.
He had his best offen
sive night against Upson
County. He carried the
ball 12 times for 68
yards. His inexperience
is evident, but Charlie
has a lot of hustle and a
good attitude. Gaining
experience on the varsi
ty the first year could
make him a real fine
athlete in the future.
punts. His longest punt
while warming up a
gainst Lamar County
was 70 yards and hit the
top of the field house.
around the corner. However,
one team on the “exhibition”
schedule didn’t react as it
was supposed to Michi
gan State in particular
and the Buckeyes are no
longer undefeated. Neverthe
less, the two are still fighting
for the Big Ten champion
ship. The Wolverines enter
tain Purdue, and Ohio State
travels to lowa. Michigan is
favored by 22 points, and the
Buckeyes will re-bound,
winning by 38 points.
Action in the Southeast
Conference stays right on the
front burner as once-beaten
Auburn gets a big challenge
from Georgia. The Bulldogs
upset the Gators of Florida
last week, and are only one
point underdogs to Auburn. If
Georgia could whip Auburn
and Auburn in turn upset
Alabama, the surprising
Bulldogs could tie for the
conference title.
Alabama, meanwhile, goes
outside the league against
Miami. The Hurricanes have
folded a bit since their big
loss to Notre Dame, but
might show signs of life
against the Tide. Alabama
will win again, this time by 28
points.
So far in the 1974 season,
we’ve picked the results of
over 1700 football games. Our
average of .749 through
Saturday, November 3rd, is
based on 1,268 right and 424
wrong. There have been 40
ties.
The number of title
contenders in the Big 8
Conference will remain at
three, at least for another
week, as Oklahoma, Nebras
ka, and Oklahoma State are
all favored. The Sooners will
trample Kansas a bit,
winning by 35 points. Kansas
State is a 25-point underdog
to the Cornhuskers, and the
Cowboys should trim Colora
do by twelve.
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1— OKLAHOMA
2 ALABAMA
3 MICHIGAN
4 OHIO STATE
5 NOTRE DAME
Saturday, Nov. 16 Major Colleges
Alabama 35
Arizona State 27
Arizona 20
Arkansas State 28
Arkansas 24
Auburn 21
Baylor 24
Boston College 24
Bowling Green 20
Brigham Young 21
California 27
Central Michigan 34
Clemson 30
Colorado State 30
Dartmouth 15
Defiance 21
East Carolina 21
Florida State 23
Florida 20
Fresno State 26
Furman 14
Georgia Tech 23
Harvard 21
Hawaii 27
Holy Cross 20
Houston 21
Idaho 27
Illinois 24
Kent State 30
Long Beach 27
L.S.U. 17
Marshall 14
Maryland 27
McNeese 22
Miami (Ohio) 21
Michigan State 23
Michigan 29
Missouri 22
Nebraska 42
North Carolina 31
Notre Dame 27
Ohio State 45
Oklahoma State 22
Oklahoma 45
Penn State 35
Pennsylvania 27
Richmond 28
Rutgers , 22
San Diego State 27
San Jose State 28
South Carolina 19
Southern California 28
Stanford 25
Temple 28
Tennessee 27
Texas A & M 24
Texas 38
Tulsa 27
U. 20
Utah State 14
Vanderbilt 28
V. 25
West Texas 26
Wisconsin 30
Wyoming 24
Yale 20
Other Games South and Southwest
Abilene Christian 28
Albany state 20
Bishop 24
East Tennessee 20
East Texas 27
Eastern Kentucky 21
Emory & Henry 17
Hanover 28
Harding 22
Henderson 20
Howard 28
J C Smith 17
Jackson State 42
Jacksonville 21
La Crosse 24
Lenoir-Rhyne 17
Livingston 27
Louisiana Tech 31
Mississippi College 17
Murray 24
Newberry 24
North Alabama 20
Northeast Louisiana 27
Presbyterian 28
Randolph-Macon 21
S F Austin 35
SE Louisiana 24
GAME ANALYSIS
(Statistics courtesy Charlie Brown,
WJGA Sports Director)
JACKSON 20 UPSON CO. 33
14 First Downs 16
14 Rushing 14
0 Passing 1
0 Penalty 1
237 Yards Rushing 247
41 Total Rushing Plays 58
242 Total Yards ' 362
5 Yards Passing 115 j
6 Passes Attempted 13
1 Passes Completed 6
1-34 Punts 3-30
4-30 Penalties 2-15
Rushing: Jackson Bernard Mayfield, 17 for 119
yards; Aubrey Burford, 5 for 31; Charles Stewart, 12 for 68;
Terry Duke, 2 for 11; Esca Pace, 2 for 8; Jeff Loftin, 1 for 7;
Charlie Robison, 2 for -7.
Passing: Jackson Charlie Robison attempted 4
passes, Aubrey Burford, 1; Scott Moore, 1. Robison
completed one to Lamar Smith for 5 yds.
Rushing: Upson County Cox, 19 for 90 yards;
Snipes, 14 for 76; Elder, 17for 48; Reagen, 2for 16; Robertsoft,
5 for 15; Garmon, 1 for 2.
Passing: Upson County Elder attempted 10,
Reagen, 2; and Cox, 1. Elder completed 5, 2 to Snipes for 28
yards and 31 yards, both a touchdown; Andrews 2 for 21 yards
and 0 yards; Cox 1 for 35 yards.
Upson County had one pass intercepted by Stanley
Gregory, Jackson had four passes intercepted.
Jackson fumbled twice and lost one. Upson County
fumbled three times and lost all three.
Defensively Jackson was led by Lamar Smith with 12
individual tackles and three assists. He was followed by
James Clark with 9 and 7; Bernard Mayfield, 7 and 0; Charles
Stewart, 5 and 6; Bobby Long, 5 and 4; Jimmy Clemmons, 4
and 0; Stanley Gregory, 4 and 2; Jeff Patterson, 4 and 2;
Charles Price, 3 and 2; Fred Wood, 3 and 2; Robert Anderson,
3 and 1; Billy Reasor, 3 and 1; Ellis Giddens, 2 and 3; Aubrey
Burford, 2 and 2; Charlie Robison, 2 and 0; Mark Cawthon, 1
and 3; Scott Moore, 1 and 0; Tondi Norsworthy, 0 and 1.
11— AUBURN
12— GEORGIA
13— PENN STATE
14— MARYLAND
15— MICHIGAN STATE
6 NEBRASKA
7 CAL
8— OKLAHOMA STATE
S-TEXAS A & M
10— FLORIDA
Miami, Fla. 7
No. Carolina State 24
Air Force 7
Arlington 7
S. 13
Georgia 20
Texas Tech 23
Syracuse 7
Southern Mississippi 16
New Mexico 7
Washington State 15
Southern Illinois 0
Virginia 21
U. 27
Cornell 14
Davidson 14
William & Mary 12
V. 21
Kentucky 17
Wichita 13
The Citadel 13
Navy 14
Brown 8
Santa Clara 19
Villanova 14
Memphis State 10
Northern Illinois 21
Minnesota 10
Toledo 1 24
Western Michigan 23
Mississippi State 16
Dayton 10
Duke 10
Lamar 21
Cincinnati 15
Indiana 6
Purdue 7
lowa State 20
Kansas State 7
Army 14
Pittsburgh 16
lowa 7
Colo/ado 10
Kansas .10
Ohio U 13
Columbia 6
Appalachian 27
Boston U 7
New Mexico State 14
Fullerton 0
Wake Forest 6
Washington 15
Oregon 14
West Virginia 21
Mississippi 13
Rice 12
T. 6
Drake 0
Oregon State 10
Utah 7
Tulane 14
Colgate 21
North Texas 10
Northwestern 10
Pacific 14
Princeton 3
Sam Houston 13
Savannah State 17
Pine Bluff 21
Middle Tennessee 14
Angelo State 22
Ashland 14
Maryville 7
Centre 6
Monticeilo 20
State College 7
No. Carolina Central 16
Fayetteville 6
Morris Brown 0
Troy State 10
Morehead 14
Elon 15
Delta State 24
Chattanooga 6
Ouachita 14
Eastern Illinois 17
Mars Hill 23
Martin 16
North Dakota 22
Carson-Newman 17
Hampden-Sydney 13
Tarleton 0
Nicholls 7
16— BAYLOR
17— TEXAS
18— HOUSTON
19— MIAMI (Ohio)
20— ARKANSAS
Southern State 34
Southern U 26
SW Louisiana 14
SW Texas 27
Tennessee Tech 20
Texas A & I 33
Trinity 23
Virginia Union 23
Washington U 29
Western Kentucky 28
Wofford 24
Other Games East
Albany State 31 R.p.l. 7
Albright 20 Wilkes 14
American Int’l 24 Vermont 21
Boston State 20 New Haven 6
Bridgeport 27 Springfield 21
C W Post 24 Northeastern 20
Connecticut 29 Rhode Island 22
Delaware 35 West Chester 6
Dickinson 17 Johns Hopkins 14
Franklin & Marshall 31 Muhlenberg 0
Gettysburg 21 Georgetown. D.C. 12
Grove City 25 Ursinus 14
Juniata 20 Moravian 17
Kings Point 27 Coast Guard 15
Lebanon Valley , 22 Western Maryland 20
Lehigh 31 Bucknell 13
Massachusetts 28 NeW Hampshire 23
Montclair 21 Glassboro 20
Rochester 17 Tufts 8
Southern Conn. 24 Central Connecticut 23
Susquehanna 33 Upsala 7
Trenton 31 Western Connecticut 6
Trinity 20 Wesleyan 7
Union 20 Hamilton 15
Wagner 30 Fordham 7
Williams 24 Amherst 22
Other Games Midwest
Carthage 14
Illinois State 15
Franklin 14
Tarkio 7
Missouri Southern 22
NE Oklahoma 17
Wabash 20
Bethany 7
Grand Valley 20
Principia 7
Elmhurst 6
Wayne, Mich. 19
North Central 0
Central State. Ohio 16
Rolla 14
E. Central Oklahoma 20
Baker 12
Lincoln 8
Panhandle 14
NE Missouri 6
Kansas Wesleyan 7
Langston 10
St. Joseph’s 16
Pittsburg 21
Indiana State 21
North Park 7
Graceland 13
Earlham 7
Baldwin-Wallace 20
Akron 23
Augustana, 111. 23
Ball State 24
Butler 27
Central Methodist 35
Central Missouri 23
Central Oklahoma 20
DePauw 25
Friends 17
Hillsdale 24
Illinois College 14
Illinois Wesleyan 42
Kentucky State 27
Millikin 34
Morgan State 17
NW Missouri 21
NW Oklahoma 23
Ottawa 21
SE Missouri 21
SE Oklahoma 17
SW Missouri 15
Southwestern, Kan. 20
Texas Southern 28
Valparaiso 27
Washburn 30
Western Illinois 23
Wheaton 28
William Jewell 28
Wilmington 27
Wittenberg 21
Youngstown 24
Other Games Far West
Montana 12
Gustavus 13
Hayward 7
Idaho State 20
Colorado Mines 6
San Francisco State 6
Weber State 14
Montana Tech 14
Whitworth 7
Azusa 7
North Dakota State 14
Eastern New Mexico 15
Claremont 14
College of Idaho 7
Central Washington 13
Humboldt 17
LaVerne 14
Northridge 12
Chico State 20
Western Washington 0
Pacific 20
Pomona 6
Lewis & Clark 13
Boise State 35
Cal Lutheran 24
Cal Poly (Pomona) 21
Cal Poly (S.L.O) 27
Colorado Western 30
Davis 28
Eastern Michigan 30
Eastern Washington 21
Linfield 24
Los Angeles 30
Montana State 22
Northern Colorado 20
Occidental 19
Pacific Lutheran 27
Portland State 34
Puget Sound 21
Redlands 26
Riverside 31
Sacramento 21
Southern Oregon 24
Whitman 22
Whittier 28
Willamette 33
(••Friday games)
Arkansas Tech 7
Florida A & M 14
NW Louisiana 10
Sul Ross 14
Austin Peay 10
Howard Payne 14
Millsaps 20
Livingstone 6
Washington & Lee 12
Western Carolina 20
Guilford 13
